Waltee knight



(No Model.)

W. KNIGHT.

VEHICLE WHEEL.

N=0.' 375, 940. Patented Jan. '3, 1888.

WITNESSES: INVEE'I'OR:

ATTORNEYS. I

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VALTER KNIGHT, OF SAN ANDREAS, CALIFORNIA.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letteis Patent No. 375,940, dated January3, 1858 Application filed August 31, 1887. Serial No 24?,366. I (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WALTER KNIGHT, of San Andreas, in the county ofGalaveras and State of California, have invented anew and usefulImprovement in WVheels for \Vagous and other Vehicles, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to wagon or other vehicle wheels having woodenhubs and fellies but metal spokes set inclining or staggering inrelation with each other, which combined wood and metal wheels are morecapable of enduring without injury those inequalities of weather, suchas the heat of summer and dampness of winter in highly variable climatesand to stand which wagon-wheels made wholly of metal are notsatisfactory and liable to break, while the common wooden ones are soondestroyed, whereas the combined wood and metal wheels have acompensating effect, theiron or steel expanding in hot weather and thewood shrinking, and in damp weather the metal shrinking while the woodexpands, thus adding to the durability of the wheel.

The invention consists in a novel combination of parts in a combinedwood and metal wheel as above, substantially as hereinafter describedand pointed out in the claims, whereby great simplicity, durability, andstrength are secured, and the wheel may be easily repaired whenrequired.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a side view of a wagonwheel embodying my invention.Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same upon the line was in Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a section upon the line y y in Fig. 1, showing the tire andfelly in part, and means of securing the same; and Fig. 4 is alongitudinal view of one of the spokes of the wheel, in part, with awasher, in section, applied to the outer end thereof.

A is the hub of the wheel, made of wood, and of uniform size throughoutits length and free from all mortises, whereby it is less liable tosplit or wear out, and is cheaper and better than the ordinary woodenhubs now in use. This whole or nnmut-ilated cylindrical wooden hub isbound at its opposite ends by metal bands I) b.

B B are the spokes of the'wheel. These v spokes are of iron or steel,and are each made witha shoulder near its opposite ends. The reducedinner terminal portions of these spokes are fitted to enter and passthrough the hubbands I) b, and so that their shoulders at said ends reston the hub-bands and receive or carry the weight. Said reduced ends ortenons 0 pass through the hub-bands into the wood of the hub thenecessary distance to hold the spokes and hub-bands to their placeswithout cutting the wood of the hub to weaken or de stroy its usefulnessand strength. The wheel has two rows or sets of spokes, B B, setinclining toward each other in an outward direction and arranged instaggering or intermediate relation with each other from opposite endsof the hub, and serving, when united with the felly of the wheel, tobrace each other. C is the folly of the wheel, and D its tire, which maybe laterally bound and united with each other by riveted clip-plates d.The felly O is made of wood, and it and the main body of the hub bothbeing of wood gives the tire D a chance to draw the wheel tighttogether, and there being little or comparatively no shrinkage in themetal spokes the wheel will remain in good condition much longer thanwheels of a different construction. The tenons c at the outer ends ofthe metal spokes have washers e fitted over them, the tenons themselvesprojectinginto the felly, while the washers 0 lie between the outershoulders of the spokes and the wooden felly and prevent said shouldersfrom entering too far into the wood of the felly, so that the latter isneither crushed nor its strength destroyed by the outer shoulders of thespokes.

Constructed as described, the combination of wood and metal in the wheelis such that a Very superior wheel for general use is produced and thefull benefits of the two different materials are obtained. There may beany number of spokes in the wheel, preferably from thirty to forty, andthese may be of any desired diameter-say from five-eighths of an inch toone inch each; but my invention is not restricted in these and otherrespects.

Having thus described my invention, what ends and tenons c c, fitted toenter respectively I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters intothe hub through the bands 1; thereof and [0 Patent, is i into the felly,and the washers e, essentially as The combination of the cylindricalwooden shown and described. 5 hub A, having outer opposite end metalbands, \VALTER KNIGHT;

b b, the wooden felly O, with its metal tire D, Witnesses: the doubleseries ofinclined metal spokes B B, I ALFRED L. WYLLIE,

constructed with shoulders near their opposite SAMUEL E. REDMOND.

